A related question is what is your notion of free will? I see two "natural" notions of free will. In the first, we have free will only if we can break any law of nature whatsoever that could control us. The second is the one that I propose in the question : we have free will if we are the laws of nature.
I cannot accept the first notion because it is too much against the foundation of science. So, I am left with the second one. This other one does make sense because, if you are the laws of nature, then you have no reason to feel that you are controlled. You control. I know that most people do not think that they are the laws of nature, but this is only because we think of the laws of nature as something that is separated from the world.
I guess by laws of nature, I mean the reality. The reality (or the Reality) does not need outside laws; it contains its own laws. It is the home of all laws. Because, ultimately, we are the Reality, we are right to feel that we have free will.
2007-08-02 06:41:14 · 3 answers · asked by My account has been compromised 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
To publically_private: Your question is interesting. If you ask what is an electron, I can refer to experiments in which we observe its effects. We do not observe the electron, but its effects. By Reality, I mean whatever is real behind all experiences. We do not observe the Reality, but all experiences are its effects. However, being the totality, of course, the Reality must be what is behind the subject, the object and the process of experience, not just behind one of the three. It is as simple as for the electron, but we extend it to the totality.
By laws of nature, I refer to a viewpoint on this Reality. It is the limit toward which the laws of physics seem to converge. The laws of nature do not have an existence separated from the Reality. So, whenever I wrote "ultimately, we are the laws of nature", I meant that "ultimately, we are the Reality". This is because we are a subject experiencing
the Reality, but remember that this Reality is also behind the subject.
2007-08-02 07:52:40 · update #1
if you stop your life to always wonder? No, if you act and live it then the laws of nature apply...yes.
2007-08-02 06:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What are the laws of nature or reality according to you?
2007-08-02 13:49:17 · answer #2 · answered by publically_private 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None of us truly have free will.
We must always be aware of others rights and bear in mind the laws of the land.
2007-08-02 13:54:25 · answer #3 · answered by Bemo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋